Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 27, 2026 (Golub Capital Markets LLC).
Term ends Dec 16, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 5, 2022
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Avent, Inc.
Filed Jul 14, 2006 as application 11/457,697 · Granted Feb 19, 2019
Base term plus 1747 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2002
2026
Clock starts
Mar 5, 2002
Mar 5, 2002
Term ends
Dec 16, 2026
Dec 16, 2026
Granted
Feb 19, 2019
Feb 19, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,747
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
40
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 1747 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 5, 2002, when application 10/087,856, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 14, 2006); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 5, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1747 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 16, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 16, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 6,896,675 | Term ended Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| Application 10/382,836 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 10/853,126 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,163,536 | Term ended Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 7,593,778 | Term ended Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| US 8,882,755 | Term ended Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
| Application 11/105,490 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,294,127 | Term ended Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
8 of 40 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2006 Reel 18423, frame 783 | Godara, Neil; Hillier, Taylor | Baylis Medical Company Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 10, 2010 Reel 23915, frame 252 | Baylis Medical Company Inc. | Kimberly-Clark Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 22, 2015 Reel 36154, frame 813 | Kimberly-Clark, Inc. | Avent, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 23, 2019 Reel 48117, frame 410 | Coolsystems, Inc.; Avent, Inc. | Citibank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jun 24, 2022 Reel 60441, frame 445 | Avent, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 30, 2022 Reel 60557, frame 62 | Citibank, N.a. | Avent, Inc.; Avanos Medical Sales, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 30, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.a. | Avent, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 30, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.a. | Avanos Medical Sales, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 27, 2026 Reel 76066, frame 888 | Avent, Inc. | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 28, 2026 Reel 76077, frame 108 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Avent, Inc.; Avanos Medical Sales, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 16, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1747 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
111
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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